Gabbin with the Guices: October 2010

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Happy Halloween!

While we are not big fans of Halloween and all things dark and scary, we are big fans of dressing our cute girl up for some fun pictures!

Headed to church in my cute fall dress!

Mary Lee and Daddy headed to the Fall Festival

Cute little bee looking a little unsure about this whole dressing up thing!

Mary Lee with her best friend Olivia! I say best friend realizing that they rarely notice each other when we all hang out!

Isn't she adorable?!?!

Sweet girl!

We saw Maddox at the Fall Festival. Mary Lee was on edge at this point, but at first, she kind of liked Maddox in his cute costume.

Now she is thinking that she is not so sure about this little guy.

And now she knows she is not sure about him. Poor Maddox was so sweet and just slowly backed away from Mary Lee. I think he could tell she was a little edgy tonight! Thank you Maddox for still being sweet to Mary Lee!

Ending the night cheering on the Saints!

It's Party Time!!

Mary Lee had a GREAT first birthday party! We celebrated with lots of family and friends! Happy 1st Birthday Mary Lee! We LOVE you!

The birthday girl in her party dress!

The food table

The dessert table...Yummy!

Smash Cake

Presents!

Thursday, October 28, 2010

1st Birthday (Actual Day - Not Party)

Reality has hit...Mary Lee is ONE! I know people say all the time to enjoy them while they are little because time flies and before you know it they are in high school, college, and married with children. I always brushed that statement off until I had my own daughter. This last year truly has seemed to fly by. Griffin and I have truly tried to take in every single moment with Mary Lee, and those first days, weeks, and months are ones that I will cherish forever. Now, don't get me wrong, I am glad to be past sleepless nights, endless fussing, stomach issues, and bottles. That's right, Mary Lee EASILY came off of the bottle! Her last bottle was 6 days after her first birthday, and she has never looked back. Griffin and I were scared that she wouldn't do well because the girl always LOVED her bottle. However, like she always seems to do, she rose to the occasion and has done GREAT without a bottle! Mary Lee's birthday was on a Wednesday. We started off waking her with a lovely rendition of "Happy Birthday," followed by a cinnamon roll with a candle! I went to work while Griffin stayed home with her since he was not on a tough rotation then. He brought her to eat lunch with me, took her to the park and pet store, and played with her all day...what a GREAT daddy! That night, we had our parents over to eat dinner and cupcakes. All in all, Mary Lee had a GREAT day!

Things to remember about sweet Mary Lee at 1 year old:

You are still a crawling machine. I think you think you are a pro crawler so there is no need to walk.
You walk great...if you are holding Mommy or Daddy's hand.
You walk holding on to walls, tables, chairs, or anything else you can reach.
You are very curious and really study new things, places, and people.
You are extremely sensitive. You get your feelings hurt very easily. You cry when someone else cries, at loud noises, when someone touches you wrong, when someone tries to take you from Mommy, etc...We get the point...You are just plain sensitive!
You are an awesome eater. You make Mommy proud because you are a very clean and neat eater...only picking up your food with 2 fingers, opening your mouth wide, and perfectly placing the food in your mouth! That's my non-messy girl!
We are not sure where you get it from, but you LOVE to dance (bounce and rock) any time you hear music.
You love to watch Dora!
You LOVE to talk LOUDLY!
You have the most precious smile and laugh.
You like to repeat Mommy and Daddy. You are now saying hey, bye, jee (Jesus), mama, dada, baby, uh oh, pu (puppy).
You can wave and blow kisses. You also started moving your fingers over your bottom lip to make a funny sound.
When you hear a dog bark, you say "wooo wooo wooo wooo wooo," which is your barking noise.
Your night time routine consists of snack with milk, brushing teeth, reading a Bible story, prayers, singing, and rocking...the sweetest time of the day!

Right when I woke up on my birthday, Mommy and Daddy let me play in the present they got me. They quickly realized I needed more balls for this thing!